Tshaj tawm rau lub Ob Hlis 9, 2023
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Lub Koom Haum Pabcuam Kev Cai Lij Choj ntawm Cleveland tso siab rau kev cog lus thiab kev txawj ntse ntawm cov neeg tuaj yeem pab dawb los pab nws cov neeg siv khoom ntau. Txhua xyoo, kwv yees li 20% ntawm cov neeg tau txais kev pab los ntawm Legal Aid tau pab los ntawm a pro bono kws lij choj. Cov neeg ua haujlwm pab dawb no pab hauv kev cai lij choj pej xeem ntsig txog vaj tse, kev kawm, tsev neeg, kev ua haujlwm, thiab lwm yam. Yog tias tsis muaj kev txhawb nqa los ntawm cov neeg tuaj yeem pab dawb, Legal Aid yuav tsis tuaj yeem pab ntau tus neeg hauv peb lub zej zog uas xav tau tshaj plaws.
Cov neeg ua haujlwm pab dawb zoo li Emily Viscomi pab kom ntseeg tau tias kev ncaj ncees nyob rau hauv ncav cuag rau cov neeg muaj kev pheej hmoo tshaj plaws. Emily, tus kws lij choj nrog Dreyfuss Williams, thawj zaug kawm txog Kev Pabcuam Kev Cai Lij Choj los ntawm nws Tus Thawj Coj Tus Thawj Coj thaum nws tau txais email los ntawm Legal Aid tab tom nrhiav rau cov neeg tuaj yeem pab dawb rau rooj plaub raug tshem tawm. Thaum nug kom koom nrog nws, Emily pom zoo.
Cov ntaub ntawv vaj tsev koom nrog Alexis (lub npe hloov los tiv thaiv tus kheej). Alexis xav tsis thoob thaum pom daim ntawv ceeb toom 3-hnub rau kev tshem tawm ntawm nws lub qhov rooj. Nws ib txwm mob siab rau them nws cov nqi xauj tsev raws sij hawm. Zoo li clockwork, txhua lub hlis nws yuav mus rau Western Union mus yuav daim ntawv xaj nyiaj los siv los them nws cov nqi xauj tsev.
Xav tias daim ntawv ceeb toom kev tshem tawm yog qhov yuam kev thiab xav kho qhov teeb meem, Alexis nug nws tus tswv tsev yog tias lawv tuaj yeem ntsib los tham txog qhov teeb meem - nws tus tswv tsev tsis tuaj yeem tshwm sim rau lub rooj sib tham.
Alexis tau txiav txim siab los ua pov thawj tias nws tau them nws cov nqi xauj tsev yam tsis tau poob. Nws thov kom Western Union pib tshawb xyuas seb leej twg tau txais nws cov nyiaj xaj.
Alexis tau ua ib kauj ruam ntxiv, mus koom Lub Tsev Kho Mob Legal Aid Brief Advice Clinic tham nrog tus kws lij choj rau cov lus qhia. Tom qab tshuaj xyuas nws qhov xwm txheej thiab txiav txim siab tias nws tsim nyog tau txais kev pab, Alexis tau txuas nrog Emily los ntawm Legal Aid's Volunteer Lawyers Program.
Emily tau txais txoj cai los ua haujlwm pab Alexis. Tom qab tau txais cov ntaub ntawv los ntawm Western Union ua pov thawj tias Alexis tau them nws cov nqi xauj tsev, Emily muaj peev xwm raug tshem tawm. Ua tsaug rau Emily cov lus ntuas, Alexis zam kev tshem tawm thiab tuaj yeem nyob hauv nws lub tsev.
Tsis muaj leej twg yuav xav tias qhov no yog Emily thawj rooj plaub, thiab cov neeg ua haujlwm pabcuam raug cai txhawb nqa nws los ntawm tag nrho cov txheej txheem. Qhov no tso cai rau nws kawm txog tsev hais plaub hauv tsev thiab yuav ua li cas tus kws lij choj zoo tshaj plaws rau Alexis. Emily mam li tuaj yeem ua haujlwm rau ntau qhov xwm txheej.
Emily hais tias "Kuv qhov kev paub ua haujlwm pub dawb nrog Legal Aid tau txhawb nqa," "Peb muaj peev xwm pab tau ib tus neeg nrog lawv qhov kev tshem tawm tsis raug thiab raug tshem tawm qhov teeb meem. Raws li txoj kev, Tus Kws Lij Choj Bobbi Saltzman nrog Legal Aid teb txhua lo lus nug uas kuv muaj thiab ua pov thawj tias muaj kev paub ntau. "
Emily txhawb kom lwm tus kws lij choj tuaj yeem ua haujlwm pub dawb, txawm tias nyob hauv thaj chaw ntawm txoj cai lij choj uas lawv tsis paub, thiab nco ntsoov tias lawv muaj peev xwm thiab muaj peev xwm tawm tswv yim rau tus neeg siv khoom.
Nws tau hais tias "Kev Pab Cai Lij Choj yog qhov tseem ceeb rau lub nroog cov neeg tsis tau txais kev pab," nws hais. "Txhua tus tib neeg tsim nyog tau txais kev ncaj ncees thiab hmoov tsis zoo, tsis yog txhua tus neeg muaj lub sijhawm thiab / lossis cov peev txheej los pab lawv nrhiav kev ncaj ncees uas lawv tsim nyog. Legal Aid pab tau qhov tsis ncaj ncees los ntawm kev sawv cev kev cai lij choj thiab tawm tswv yim sawv cev ntawm cov neeg ntawd. "
Tsaug a Pro Bono Innovation Fund nyiaj pab los ntawm Legal Services Corporation, Legal Aid tam sim no muaj ntau cov peev txheej los pab cov kws lij choj ua haujlwm pub dawb rau cov neeg tawm tswv yim kom muaj vaj tsev nyob nyab xeeb. Xav paub ntau ntxiv thiab sau npe ntawm: lasclev.org/volunteer.
Keeb kwm luam tawm hauv Legal Aid's "Poetic Justice" tsab ntawv xov xwm, Volume 20, Issue 3 in Fall/Winter 2023. Saib tag nrho cov teeb meem ntawm qhov txuas no: “Poetic Justice” Phau Ntawv 20, Nqe 3.